House Quote by Brian Stelter

A news conference is a device by which the establishment keeps large numbers of reporters from covering the news every place else.

— Sam Smith

The White House press corps isn't there at a press briefing. It's not... They're not news gatherers there. There really isn't any media.

— Rush Limbaugh

When you cover the White House, which I've done on and off, it's relatively straightforward - everything the president does is news.

— Kasie Hunt

Hundreds upon hundreds of news outlets - okay, thousands - are interested in following the happenings at the White House. Yet the number of…

— Erik Wemple

I would never say, as a member of the press, that there should be fewer press briefings. The more access, the better, no matter…

— Dana Bash

The press doesn't just cover presidential campaigns, they influence them by making arbitrary decisions about who is 'top tier' and merits coverage.

— Mark McKinnon

You as the press secretary have to protect the president's interests and the White House's interests more broadly. And a lot of people inside…

— Dee Dee Myers

The whole idea of television news or any kind of news is to inform people about things they need to know about.

— Ted Turner

Every press secretary faces an enormous amount of information. Events move really fast. You're responsible for a tremendous amount of information, and again, a…

— Dee Dee Myers

That is the White House, where you can fit four times the amount of people in the press conference, allowing more press, more coverage…

— Reince Priebus

When you speak of the press, of course, you have to speak of different segments of the press. Reporters, straight reporters, wire services, you…

— Helen Thomas

The mainstream press and television do a very soft job of covering the press, either as corporate entities or as news organizations.

— Sydney Schanberg